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Giacomo Capacci Arabians © Alessio Azzali
E Z Z A L D A N A T (Shamekh AlDanat x Shalwa)
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M A G N O H (Al Lahab x KZ Sundus)
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N A S E E M A L R A S H E D I A H (Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Nabaweyyah Ezzain) 2014 Straight Egyptian Grey Stallion
S H A H E E N A A (Al Ayal AA x Saniyyah RCA)
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2014 Straight Egyptian Grey Stallion
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STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
T
he most important breeders ofEgyptian Arabians in the world met in Vermezzo, close to Milan, for the ninth edition of the Straight Egyptian World Championship.
An event that over the years has improved its standards thanks to the experience put together by an excellent group of organizers and consultants who have dedicated all their efforts to the increasing success ofthis spectacular event. In particular Barbara Morali and her family who have made available the magnificent location and have attracted the attention ofall the most important national media, Mediaset,
Sky, Quattroruote, the specialized press, Tutto Arabi and Desert Heritage which were exclusive mediapartners of the event, and many well-known luxury brands, Samsung Italy, Zagato, Pagani (whose founder Mr Horacio Pagani personally participated in the opening of the event), OroeOro jewels, who strongly wanted to be present at the World Championship of the purest bloodline of the most beautiful horses in the world: the Straight Egyptians. The reconfirmed presence of Mrs. Christianne Chazel and Mrs. Dominik Briot as Show Consultants made it possible to bring the Egyptian World Championship to its highest level ofperfection ever.
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The Straight Egyptian World Championship is not only the most important event in the world today for Straight Egyptian horses but has become a format that could easily inspire many show organizers to give their all in terms of elegance and media coverage. It reached its goal to bring the breeders to show their beautiful horses and to exhibit their abilities, and to connect all the fans. Definitely an event that can not be missed. Even ifthere is a small amount ofbreeders ofthis line in the world, they are capable of great passion and professionalism in maintaining these ancient and important bloodlines handed down to us through the centuries. All the most important breeders in the world were present, many of them are important Arabian families coming from Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (and don’t forget Italy because many of them come from our country) who dedicate to this pure breed all the attention necessary to make it reach the highest level of expression of its potential. This year a brand new stud was present, Doha Stud owned by Sh. Thani Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, which has just started its path in the Straight Egyptian breeding already reaching great results winning the Gold medal with Al Aalia Al Waab in the Yearling Filly Championship who was also Best Female in Show, the Silver and Bronze medal
with Ameera Al Waab and $ajdiyah Elalya in the Junior Filly Championship, the Gold medal again with Ghazaal Al Waab in the Yearling Colt Championship. Medals also to Mr. $asser Abdulla $ A Al Mansouri (Qatar), Al Rayyan Farm (Qatar), Prisco Donato (Italy), Arabians Ariela (Israel), Al Wajba Stud (Qatar), Al Watan Stud (Saudi Arabia), Saef Mohammed Al Hajri (Qatar), Al Hindal Stud (UAE), Al Obaid Stud (Kuwait) and the Royal Cavalery of Oman. The two days ofthe show were preceded by a very important event, sponsored by Samsung Italia, $even and Morali & C. , in an exceptional location in the center of Milan, the Palazzo dell'Informazione. In a magnificent hall on the seventh floor of the building, where it was possible to admire the extraordinary beauty ofa giant mosaic by Mario Sironi, Barbara Morali and her family, their sponsors and the television welcomed the most important Arabian breeders before opening the curtain the following morning on the Straight Egyptian World Championship. The Gala event was focusing on luxurious high-end and innovation technologies developed by $even, to bring closer the farms and the beloved Straight Egyptian horses to their owners, with an innovative new system to enhance the importance ofthe horses themselves.
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This year even more than others the quality of the horses was remarkable, in every class the fight was as a World Championship of Straight Egyptian deserved. Almost 80 horses registered this year that have left in every category all present, breeders and not, open-mouthed for their magnificence and grace. The reigning world champion, $aseem Al Rashediah, was the protagonist of a special presentation accompanied by the music of a violin and the expert hands of Giacomo Capacci. $aseem has brought his magnificent beauty in the ring of Vermezzo once again, to remark his excellence and to tell once again to the world, under the look full ofpride of his owner and breeder, how much a Straight Egyptian can reach the top in terms of beauty and prestige. This year $aseem did not participate in the world championship but some of his sons have paraded and won medals, further confirming his genetics.
The SEWC is the most important Straight Egyptian event in the world, peerless in Italy for the importance of the VIP area, perfectly managed, and the perfection in service. There are not too many events dedicated to straight Egyptian Arabian horses so we encourage breeders to come to the World Straight Egyptian Championship in Vermezzo next year. The pictures by Alessio Azzali from the stunning days in Milano show all the results, medalists and special trophies. Enjoy them here and all the contents posted on Instagram by @desertheritagemagazine, @tuttoarabi_magazine, @babimorali and @neven. techup
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Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
9 TH SEWC
YEARLING FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP
GOLD
AL AALIA AL WAAB
NASSER AL RAYYAN X SALMA AL WAAB OWNER: SHEIKH THANI BIN HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI
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Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 9 TH SEWC
YEARLING FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP
SILVER
SEREEN AA
BRONZE
ph. Simone Bergamaschi
AL AYAL AA X SANIYYAH RCA BREEDER: ARIELA ARABIANS OWNER: ARIELA ARABIANS, MOSHAV HAYOGEV
AMANI AL RAYYAN FARHOUD AL SHAQAB X MARWA AL RAYYAN BREEDER: AL RAYYAN FARM OWNER: AL RAYYAN FARM Desert Heritage Magazine • 37
Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
9 TH SEWC
JUNIOR FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP
GOLD
YAMAMA AL NASSER NASSER AL RAYYAN X JURIE AL RAYYAN BREEDER: AL NASSER STUD OWNER: AL WAJBA STUD
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STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 9 TH SEWC
JUNIOR FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP
ph. Simone Bergamaschi
SILVER
AMEERA AL WAAB
BRONZE
ph. Simone Bergamaschi
FARHOUD AL SHAQAB X AMAAL AL WAAB BREEDER: SHEIKH THANI HAMAD K H AL THANI OWNER: SHEIKH THANI HAMAD K H AL THANI
NAJDIYAH ELALYA ANSATA NILE ECHO X NOOR AL RAYYAN OWNER: SHEIKH THANI BIN HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI Desert Heritage Magazine • 39
Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
9 TH SEWC
SENIOR MARES CHAMPIONSHIP
GOLD
FANATICAA
AL RAHEB AA X FALEENAH EL MASR BREEDER: RAYMOND MAZZEI OWNER: AL WATAN STUD
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STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 9 TH SEWC
SENIOR MARES CHAMPIONSHIP
SILVER
AL JOHARA AL WAAB
BRONZE
ANSATA SELMAN X AL ANGHA AL RAYYAN BREEDER: SHEIKH ABDULLA BIN KHALID AL THANI OWNER: MR. NASSER ABDULLA N A AL MANSOURI
CF SHAMILA MOROC X AG SAMSARAH BREEDER: GUBBIOTTI SERGIO OWNER: SAEF MOHAMMED AL HAJRI Desert Heritage Magazine • 41
Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
9 TH SEWC
YEARLING COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP
GOLD
GHAZAAL AL WAAB
NASSER AL RAYYAN X GHAZALAH AL WAAB OWNER: SHEIKH THANI BIN HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI
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YEARLING COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP
SILVER
SAABRIZZ PPJ
BRONZE
NASEEM AL RASHEDIAH X DALILA BY SABAH BREEDER: PRISCO DONATO OWNER: PRISCO DONATO
BAHIR RC NASEEM AL RASHEDIAH X BASIRAH RC BREEDER: ROYAL CAVALERY OF OMAN OWNER: ROYAL CAVALERY OF OMAN Desert Heritage Magazine • 43
Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
9 TH SEWC
JUNIOR COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP
GOLD
YAZEED AL RAYYAN FARHOUD AL SHAQAB X MURJANAH ELALYA BREEDER: AL RAYYAN FARM OWNER: AL RAYYAN FARM
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Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 9 TH SEWC
JUNIOR COLTS CHAMPIONSHIP
SILVER
AFAS AL RAYYAN
BRONZE
EZZ ALDANAT X SULIMA AL RAYYAN BREEDER: AL RAYYAN FARM OWNER: AL RAYYAN FARM
SULTAN AL OBAID MOTAIR AL BAIDAA X RAWAAH AL ZOBAIR BREEDER: MOHAMMAD HUMOUD SALEH AL ENEZI OWNER: AL OBAID STUD Desert Heritage Magazine • 45
Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
9 TH SEWC
SENIOR STALLIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
GOLD
NASHME AL ZOBAIR AL SAEEDI X HASINA AL ZOBAIR BREEDER: SHAIKH ABDULLA MOHAMED ALTHANI OWNER: AL HINDAL STUD
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STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 9 TH SEWC
SENIOR STALLIONS CHAMPIONSHIP
SILVER
KAYED AL HAYAL
BRONZE
NADER AL JAMAL X REHAN AL JABAL BREEDER: AL HAYAL STUD OWNER: AL HAYAL STUD
SHAHEEN AA AL AYAL AA X SANIYYAH RCA BREEDER: ARABIANS ARIELA OWNER: ARABIANS ARIELA Desert Heritage Magazine • 47
Milan
STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
9 TH SEWC PEOPLE & ATMOSPHERE
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PEOPLE & ATMOSPHERE
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GALA EVENING
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STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GALA EVENING
9 TH SEWC
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9 TH SEWC
GALA EVENING
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STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GALA EVENING
9 TH SEWC
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Naseem Al Rashediah
ph. Simone Bergamaschi
Presentation
by Giorgia Mauri z photos by Alessio Azzali, Simone Bergamaschi, Sunny
This year’s Straight Egyptian World Championship in Vermezzo was also the setting for an important chapter in the history of Al Rashediah Stud. The reigning two times Straight Egyptian World Champion at SEWC, Naseem Al Rashediah, bred by the stud in 2014 from Al Adeed Al Shaqab x Nabaweyyah Ezzanam, was the protagonist
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of a special presentation thought and designed by Mr. Rashed Al Jasmi. In the hands of Giacomo Capacci, his trainer and historical handler, and accompanied by the music of Alessandra Montagnani’s violin live in the ring, Naseem Al Rashediah made his entrance literally dancing, bringing his grace and refinement once again in
ph. Simone Bergamaschi
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front of the admiring glances of all those present. Once again, his magnificent beauty became the narration of an extraordinary morphological excellence that goes beyond the belonging of this example to the Straight Egyptian bloodline, making him a universal model and a world champion destined to remain and to mark indelibly and forever the history of the Arabian horse.
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Some of his offspring were shown and won medals at the Straight Egyptian World Championship 2021 this year, further confirming his ability to pass on the distinctive traits of his genetic component. Naseem Al Rashediah continues to win even with his own offspring and his story continues his tale: that of an outstanding Straight Egyptian champion, an innovator, a myth. q
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DF Malik Jamil x Isamiya by Sameer. Photo by Joanna Jonientz
Miad Al Shaqab x DF Maha by DF Malik Jamil. Photo by Jan Kan
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DF Malik Jamil x Mavia Bint Bint Kis Mahiba by Classic Shadwan. Owned by Alfala Sud, Mr Rakan Al Tobaishi. Photo by Joanna Jonientz
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Beauty is Not Everything, But Without Beauty Everything is Nothing. Straight Egyptian Arabians in El La Diva Stud, Belgium. by Monika Savier
Paul Lamers can be described as a veteran of Belgium’s original Arabian horse people. Already, as a young rider, he demonstrated his deep empathy for horses. In 1987, he met Winand Bijnens, the then President of the Belgian Arabian Horse Association, and was able to train his horses. They were straight Egyptian Arabians. This was a challenge in this different environment. Belgium is a country dominated by agriculture, bordering the Netherlands to the north, Germany and Luxembourg to the east and France to the south. The west is washed by the Atlantic Channel and its capital, Brussels, is also the administrative capital of the European Union. In keeping with the tradition of its neighbouring countries, Belgium also has a successful history in equestrian sport and horse breeding. The Belgian warmblood breed is an internationally successful showjumping and dressage horse of powerful and large size that dominates the Belgian sport horse scene and this is also an economic factor. But it is not just a matter of economy. With the interest in so many multicultural dimensions on the part of the international EU administration, there was the great passion of some horse lovers to import fine exotics from the East, namely Purebred Arabians. For many fans of Arabian horses in this country, beauty
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was not everything, but it was precisely because of the exotic beauty and elegance of these horses in relation to the sport horses that the desire for Arabians crystallized more and more in Belgium and also in the Netherlands and West Germany, whether they came from Tersk in Russia, Poland and more rarely, Egypt.
Sabine Lens and Paul Lamers with Ibn Barrada (Gad Allah x Barrada) and his owner Bernard Van de Putte in 1998.
Paul Lamers and Ibn Barrada in Chantilly 1998.
Paul Lamers commented: “I loved these fine elegant Arabian horses, they were more intelligent in training and if you treat them like a partner without pressure, they were loyal and would always cooperate.” A few years later Sabine Lens became his partner, and both were now working with Arabian horses. The first horse with which they had lasting show success was the EAO stallion IBN BARRADA by Gad Allah out of Barrada of Ikhnatoon, imported from Egypt. This authentic, typey chestnut also dominated the open shows in the 90s, as the first Egyptian Event
was still years away. Sabine and Paul founded “O.O.X Training Stables” and presented mainly Straight Egyptians, which again had a different type and a finer conformation than the Russian and Polish Arabians from the area. The Arabian horse associations in Europe organized breeding shows where especially the offspring of the good mares and stallions could impress and also be sold. The judging criteria were developed by the newly founded ECAHO (European Conference of Arab Horse Organizations) and the shows at that time in the 80s and 90s were the place to
Paul and Christine Jamar in Balen (Belgium).
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be with Arabian horses. Sabine and Paul left the world of amateurs and dedicated themselves completely and successfully to professional show training and showing. Their love was unreservedly for the Straight Egyptians. “We accompanied the horses everywhere, to the shows, back then, and we slept in the service stalls next to the horses. For us it was not an option to retire comfortably to a hotel in the evening. It had something of a modern nomadic feel to it. The stables were open to all during the shows and visitors came to have a coffee with us and discuss the horses. We were a community and although there were conflicts, we had something in common that created a strong cohesion, namely the work with the horses, which we all enjoyed,” Sabine Lens says about the 90s show scene. At the beginning of 2000, things slowly changed, the classic breeding show became a beauty contest, a catwalk for horses with panda-eyes and pearl halters. They now increasingly came from the Gulf region, which provided the show business with new money and the ECAHO adjusted the selection criteria CD Anasta (Safeen x Qublah).
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La Diva Noaa (Sahib x CD Anasta) and Ladiva Nile-La on the pasture at the farm.
accordingly. The breeders of Straight Egyptians mostly did not want to jump on this wave of the new show world. Consequently, the format of the “Straight Egyptian Event”, once created by the Pyramid Society in the USA, came into being. From the German Pyramid Society Europe came the idea for the title show Egyptian Event Europe, which took place for many years in Lanaken, Belgium. Paul was tired of the show circus after 20 years and didn’t want to show horses himself anymore, but the couple supported the Oben family, who were the organizers, with practical and organizational help and also had their own horses presented there, because in the meantime they had founded the farm El La Diva Stud. It came about like this: Ibn Barrada’s owner, Bernard Van de Putte, imported the mare Qublah (Ibn Morafic
x Qisani) from Canada to Belgium in 1998. She was in foal to the SE Show stallion Safeen (Ibn Safinaz x Abitibi Madeena). Qublah stood, like the other show horses of Bernard, in the OOX training stables. When the foal CD Anasta was born there, Paul and Sabine made their decision quickly. This foal should stay. This was a good decision and the bay typey CD Anasta, who also has an excellent body, became the stud’s foundation mare, and with great success. But where did she come from? Qublah, the dam of CD Anasta, embodies the Who’s Who of American Straight Egyptians imported to Texas in the 60’s by Douglas B Marshall (Gleannloch Farms) from EAO, El Zahraa in Cairo. Besides the early Ansata imports, the Douglas B Marshall imports were the elite of the Straight Egyptians at that time and the basis for the world success of these horses, also in Europe and later in the Gulf States. Qublah’s dam
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La Diva Omar (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta) went to DG Arabians Albania.
La Diva Nooa (Sahib x CD Anasta) went to DG Arabians Albania.
Qisani was sired by Soufian, a Moniet El Nefous son. She was also imported by Douglas B Marshall from EAO, as was the later world-famous stallion Morafic, whose son Ibn Morafic was the sire of Qublah. Anasta’s female line trace back to the influential mare Rodania and thus belongs to the Kuhaylah Rudaniyah tribe. She was born to the Ruala Bedouins in 1869 and was one of the Root Mares of Lady Blunt’s Sheykh Obeyd Stud in Cairo. CD Anasta’s sire, Safeen was the stallion that won the most shows in the 1990s and was also a top show producer through his offspring. His sire, Ibn Safinaz, who was imported to the USA from Cairo/ EAO in 1982, was also an extremely successful show champion in the USA, Paul and Sabine founded their El La Diva stud and, true to their principle of class over quantity, CD Anasta 23 years of age.
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Sabine Lens and La Diva Noor (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta).
La Diva Safina (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta) went to Saudi Arabia.
La Diva Nile-La (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta).
La Diva Amalouna (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta) went to Jean Conings Belgium.
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La Diva Noor (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta) went to Al Hayal Stud Israel.
La Diva Baha ( Shael Dream Dessert x CD Anasta) went to China.
La Diva Noor with her daughter La Diva Sahida (Sahib x la Diva Noor).
La Diva Hamad (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta) went to Stefan Brugman the Netherlands.
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they first concentrated on CD Anasta and selected her to be bred to the stallion Ansata Nile Echo. La Diva Noor and La Diva Nile-La were born out of this mating and remained as foundation mares at the stud. ‘Never change a winning team’ was the concept and four more foals by CD Anasta and Ansata Nile Echo confirmed the quality of this match. The stallion Sahib by Salaa El Dine also mated Anasta successfully and the beautiful daughter La Diva Noaa was born. Anasta’s offspring and grandchildren can be found in Saudi Arabia, Israel, China, Albania, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. A few years later the impressive mare Pashmina (Salaa El Dine x A little Passion) came to the stud and produced the pretty filly La Diva Naseema with Naseem Al Rashediah and the colt La Diva Jawhar with Ezz Al Rashediah. Paul Lamers and Sabine Lens were impressed by the
La Diva Naseema ( Naseem Al Rashediah x Pashmina) went to Israel.
La Diva Nadeem (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta ) went to Pakistan.
Pashmina (Salaa El Dine x A Little Passion).
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La Diva Nile-La (Ansata Nile-Echo x CD Anasta) as foal at the Egyptian Event Lanaken in 2012.
Sabine and Anasta.
type and charisma of the NK horses at Katharinenhof and after several visits there they decided to bring home the typey NK Nizam daughter Al Qusar Madiba out of Masara Al Qusar, bred by Robert Schlereth, for their breeding. Thus, the first Dahmah Shawaniyah mare moved in with El La Diva.
Monika: What is the most important thing for you when selecting horses for breeding? Paul: “I look for refinement and nobility in the Arabian horse, by that I also mean their character, not just the body & type. But I still look very carefully at the legs, they are also important to me, because today, when I
La Diva Nooatt (Hatem II Al Safi x La Diva Noor) went to Jean Conings Belgium.
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Sabine Lens and Paul Lamers.
only breed, I try to get as close as possible to my ideal”. Sabine: “Not only the character and type are important to me, but also the pedigree of our horses. Pedigrees tell their cultural history; they are the witnesses of the past and we are also responsible to give meaning to their pedigrees through their foals for the future of the breed”. Monika: That also means you don’t do an embryo transfer, where many full siblings with the same pedigrees in the same year are part of a commercial concept and no longer part of the cultural history of the breed? Paul: “There is no real reason to do embryo transfers. We breed in generations and want to be able to judge the result of each mating accurately and also learn from it for the future. In my opinion, industrialized animal reproduction has no place in our breeding. It is not about producing a lot of horses for the market, but about selective breeding of chosen horses that are worth the good reputation of the Arabian. We have the responsibility for that when we have Arabian horses in our stables and breed with them.” q
Al Qusar Madiba (NK Nizam x Masarah Al Qusar).
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A Day in the Life The Story of
Latifah
AA
by Tzviah Idan @all rights reserved 2021
At the celebrated stud farm of Ariela Arabians the life of one of their lesser known, or “average” Egyptian mares may seem anything but average to the rest of us, and more like the stuff of dreams. The 2001 matriarch Latifah AA (Al Maraam x Imperial Kalatifa), whose name in Arabic means gentle or kind, just celebrated a landmark 20th birthday in March of this year, and her story gives us insight into the life, career, and impact of such a mare. Latifah AA was the first foal born from the first foal crop of Al Maraam (Imperial Imdal x The Vision HG). Her arrival came just as Al Maraam returned from a successful European show campaign where, handled by Frank Sponle, he captured the Reserve Champion Stallion title at the prestigious All-Nations Cup among other titles. An exquisitely refined and gentle bay stallion, Al Maraam, or in Arabic “the passion”, became universally respected as both a show horse and sire who left excellent sons and daughters on three continents and he passed away much too soon in 2018. His offspring have proven particularly valuable as breeding stock in a
variety of programs and are greatly treasured for their outstanding temperaments and gentle natures. As the very first foal of the The Vision HG (The Desperado x Belle Staar), Al Maraam was the first hint of The Vision’s phenomenal genetic potential. The Vision HG, bred in America by Marilyn Geurin, represented the influential Zafaarana family, and was a Saklawi Jedraniyah both in strain and type, tracing in tailfemale to the famous foundation mare Radia. A double The Minstril (Ruminaja Ali x Bahila) granddaughter, The Vision was extraordinarily blessed with elegance, refinement, smoothness, and balance as well as her own personal hallmark — unprecedented type. She was purchased by Ariela in 1995 as a gangly yearling in order to introduce a high quality female of black color into the farm program. At that time, no one even imagined the unique legacy she would leave behind. A close look at Vision’s pedigree reveals her strong linebreeding to the ‘queen mother’ of modern Egyptian breeding, Moniet el Nefous (Shahloul x Wanisa), which perhaps partially explains her tremendous success.
photo by Shalomi Nissim
BLOODLINE
Al Maraam’s sire, the internationally-acclaimed Imperial Imdal (Ansata Imperial x Dalia ex Morafic), was leased by his American owner Barbara Vallee to Ariela for three years and needs little introduction. Imdal was bred by the Imperial Egyptian Arabian Stud and was a blending of Glennloch and Ansata bloodlines. A super show horse himself, Imdal was strongly linebred to Nazeer through Nazeer’s two leading sons, Ansata Ibn Halima (ex Halima) and Morafic (ex Mabrouka), and Imdal himself became a leading sire of champions both in America and abroad. Among countless prestigious titles, Imdal was named (Paris) World Champion Stallion and for a time was the world’s number one “poster boy” promoting the straight Egyptian Arabian. Not surprisingly, he proved to be a seminal sire in Israel, 102 • Desert Heritage Magazine
leaving his strong stamp and influence not only on the Ariela program, but throughout the country. Indeed, his is arguably Israel’s most dominant and influential sire line until today. Latifah’s dam was the very valuable mare Imperial Kalatifa sired by Imperial Al Kamar (El Hilal x Imperial Sonbesjul) out of AK Latifa (Ibn Moniet el Nefous x Siralima ex Sirecho). Impeccably bred by the famous Imperial Egyptian Arabian Stud, Imperial Kalatifa was imported to Israel together with her dam at six months old. Latifah AA is a Dahman Shawaniyah in strain and strongly represents the female line of the very influential Egyptian foundation mare Bint Bint Sabah (Baiyad x Bint Sabah) tracing from the original matriarch
Al Maraam
photo by Linda Svensson
ANSATA IMPERIAL IMPERIAL IMDAL
DALIA
AL MARAAM
Latifah
AA
THEE DESPERADO THE VISION HG
BELLE STAAR
EL HILAL IMPERIAL AL KAMAR
IMPERIAL SONBESJUL
IMPERIAL KALATIFA IBN MONIET EL NEFOUS AK LATIFA
SIRALIMA
Imperial Kalatifa
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El Dahma (Harkan x Aziza). She and her dam and granddam provided a valuable and most dependable genetic foundation for the Ariela program. Their pedigrees contain a who’s who of the leading Egyptian bloodlines found in America during the final half of the 20th century; these trace back to the choicest horses found at the EAO (Egyptian Agricultural Organization) during its zenith years and served as the cornerstones of the historic Ansata, Imperial, Glennloch, and Bentwood studs. At Ariela, thoughtful planning created a new breeding platform from which emerged, among others, the likes
of international sires Laheeb (Imperial Imdal x AK Latifa), the above-mentioned Al Maraam, (Paris) World Champion Mare Loubna (Imperial Imdal x Imperial Kalatifa), and of course, Latifah AA, Loubna’s maternal sister who shares 75% of that same blood. Although she was not campaigned nearly as much as Loubna, Latifah achieved a very respectable show career both in Israel and in Europe. Even more so, the stellar show successes of many of her progeny have made Latifah perhaps the best known of all the Al Maraam daughters. Balanced, charismatic, appealingly feminine and markedly refined, Latifah’s phenotype truly reflected
Becker Arabians in Germany in 2009, returning home in September 2010. While in Europe Latifah was campaigned by Becker Arabians and won the Champion Mare titles at the 2009 International B Show at Strohen and the 2009 Arabesque Egyptian Cup in Baden-Baden. She later went on to garner the Reserve Champion Mare title at that same year’s Kauber-Platte International B Show. Upon her return to Israel, Latifah ended her show career by winning the title of Silver Champion Mare at the 2012 Palestinian International Arabian Horse Championships.
photos by Shalomi Nissim
her genotype and when used as a broodmare, her progeny became the “proof of the pudding.” Latifah proved to be the most important of all the Imperial Kalatifa daughters in terms of overall quality of foals produced, and today it is through Latifah’s progeny alone that the dam line of Imperial Kalatifa is represented within the Ariela herd. In Israel Latifah AA won the titles of 2001 Filly Foal Champion, 2002 Reserve National Champion Filly, 2003 National Champion Filly, 2005 Egyptian EventIsrael Champion Mare and 2007 Israel National Champion Mare before her lease to Leonhard Becker of
photo by Shalomi Nissim
Latifah soon proved herself a remarkably dependable and prolific broodmare. Her first foal was the lovely 2005 filly Leena AA by Ali Valentino (Ruminaja Ali x Moniet), eventually sold locally in Israel where she became a successful broodmare for her new owners. The next year Latifah foaled the impressive Laheeb colt Leran AA, who was very closely bred to AK Latifa and matured into an extremely powerful stallion. Leran proved an excellent broodmare sire for Alsham Arabians in Israel until his eventual sale abroad to Arenas Cicenas of Lithuania and finally to Professor Valery Minaev of Russia, for whom he has twice won the title of Gold Champion Russian National Stallion.
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Latifah’s 2007 filly, Lana AA, was sired by the very respected stallion Ansata Selman (Ansata Hejazi x G Shafaria by Prince Fa Moniet). Lana produced one filly, R’alia AA ( x Al Ayal AA) for the Ariela program who was sold locally and went on to compete at halter with some success in Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Latifah gained international recognition in 2008 when she produced her first foal by the young American-bred stallion Nader al Jamal (Ansata Sinan x Savannah CC ex The Desperado), bred by Two Silos Farm Egyptian Arabians, who came to Ariela on lease as a yet unproven sire and to whom Latifah would produce a total of five exceptional offspring. Three of these were fillies and one
a colt that were born at Ariela; the fifth was the excellent colt BK Latif, foaled at BK Arabians in Germany and now owned by Al Shiraa Arabians in the United Arab Emirates. Latif is a respected international show horse and sire of champions, and in 2018 was German National Champion Gold Stallion. Regrettably, Nader Al Jamal was tragically lost at a young age but he left behind a remarkable legacy. He traced in tail-female to the extremely significant Abeyyan Om Jerres mare Bint Magidaa (Khofo x Magidaa ex Alaa el Din) and the balance of his pedigree carried a high percentage of valuable Saklawi blood which proved to blend beautifully with the Egyptian bloodlines found in
Israel at that time. Nader Al Jamal became a leading Israeli sire both in total number of offspring sired and the percentage of champions he sired. Nader’s cross with Latifah AA, created a dynasty of show champions and champion producers difficult to match. The first foal of the Nader Al Jamal X Latifah AA cross was the super exotic 2009 filly Lutfina AA who was both Israeli Egyptian Event and Israeli National Champion Gold Champion Filly Foal. In 2010 Lutfina continued her winning ways at home to win the titles of Silver Champion Filly at the Israeli National Championships and Gold Champion Filly at Israel’s Egyptian Event.
Latifah AA and her 2018 filly Lili AA photo by Bar Hajaj
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Lutfina AA During her lease to Ajman Stud
photo by Javan
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In 2011 Lutfina was quietly leased by the Ajman Stud of the UAE with the help of European middlemen (The Lutfina Partnership), for whom she continued her winning ways, capturing the prestigious Gold Champion Filly title at that year’s Ajman National Show, as well as First Place awards at both the Abu Dhabi International Horse Show and UAE National Arabian Horse Championships. She then went on to capture the Bronze Champion Filly title at the Egyptian Event Europe in Germany. The next year Lutfina won three First Place awards at the Al Khalediah International Show in Saudi Arabia, and the Abu Dhabi and Sharjah International Shows respectively, both held in the UAE, as well as a Second Place at the Dubai International Championships. She finished the season by winning the Silver Champion Filly title at the Kauber-Platte International B Show Lutfina AA as a foal
photo by Shalomi Nissim
Lutfina AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA) During her lease to Al Baydaa Stud photo by Gregor Aymar
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and Gold Champion Filly title at the Desert Cup Show, also in Kauber-Platte, Germany, and then captured the Bronze Champion Filly award at the European Egyptian Event in Belgium. Lutfina delivered her first foals while on lease to the Ajman Stud: the beautiful straight Egyptian filly AJ Lamya sired by Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG), and the Egyptian-cross AJ Lafi by Ajman Moniscione (WH Justice x Anthea Moniscione), later owned by Fontanella Magic Arabians. In 2013 Lutfina was back home in Israel where she captured both the Gold Champion Mare title and HighPoint Horse honors at Israel’s Egyptian Event and then went on to capture that year’s Silver Champion Mare title at the Israeli National Championships. During the 2014 season Lutfina was leased by the Al Baydaa Stud in Egypt and competed at the prestigious International Egyptian Event held in Kuwait where she was named Bronze Champion Mare; by the next year she was back in Israel where she won the title of Silver Champion Mare at our own 2015 Egyptian Event. Lutfina foaled the elegant Egyptian-cross colt Lamaan AA by Marwan Al Shaqab (Gazal Al Shaqab x Little Liza Fame) in 2016. Lamaan went on as a two-year old to win Gold Champion Colt and Most Classic Head at Israel’s first Arabian Horse Festival and the Bronze Champion Colt title at a the Israeli National
Championships; this captivating and charismatic youngster has an exciting future ahead of him. Bred to Shamekh Al Danat (Ajmal Al Kout x Ajmal Sherifa), Lutfina foaled the lovely straight Egyptian filly Lutfiyah AA in 2018 who captured the Bronze Champion Filly Foal medal at that year’s Israeli Egyptian Event. In 2020 Lutfina foaled the exciting Egyptian-cross colt Leron AA by Emerald J (QR Marc x Emandoria); that same year she produced La Luna AA, a beautiful grey filly by Kenz Al Baydaa ( Jamil Al Rayyan x Kareemah Saqr), owned by Hanaya Stud and leased to Ariela for two seasons. La Luna will remain part of the Ariela program. In 2021 Lutfina foaled another lovely grey filly, this time sired by Moaiz Al Baydaa (Ezz Ezzain x Magda Sakr), owned by Al Baydaa Stud in Egypt and currently on lease to Ariela. Also in 2021 Lutfina foaled a second filly, this one a beautiful Egyptian-cross by the Brazilian stallion Jyar Meia Lua (RFI Maktub x Jiullya El Jamaal). The second filly produced by the Latifah AA X Nader Al Jamal cross was the 2011 filly Leia AA, who captured the eye of veteran straight Egyptian Arabian breeder Nayla Hayek. Leia was selected and exported to Switzerland to join Nayla’s valuable Hanaya herd where she and her daughter by (Paris) Bronze World Champion Al Ayal AA have since become successful broodmares.
Lamaan AA (Marwan Al Shaqab x Lutfina AA)
2021 filly by Moaiz Al Baydaa x Lutfina AA
photo by Bar Hajaj
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photo by Bar Hajaj
Leron AA (Emerald J x Lutfina AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
Lutfiyah AA (Shamekh Al Danat x Lutfina AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
La Luna AA (Kenz Al Baydaa x Lutfina AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
Labibah AA 2019 AHO World Cup Chantilly, during her lease to Al Thumama, Qatar
photo by Ricard Cunill
Labibah AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA) 2019 AHO World Cup Chantilly photo by Ricard Cunill
Lulu AA (Marwan Al Shaqab x Labibah AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
In 2012 Latifah AA produced both a colt and filly by Nader Al Jamal at Ariela. The colt, Lotem AA, was sold locally in Israel. The filly, Labibah AA, has been retained by Ariela and seems to be closely following her full sister Lutfina’s example as she is both a successful ‘working girl’ in the showings of Israel and Europe and already a champion producer. As a yearling Labibah AA was Gold Silver Yearling Filly at Israel’s Egyptian Event and the Gold Champion Yearling Filly at the Israeli National Championship Show. Over the next four years she competed in Israel and was awarded the following titles: 2014 Silver Champion Filly at the Israeli National Championships, 2015 Bronze Champion Filly at Israel’s Egyptian Event, 2016 Bronze Champion Mare and High-Scoring Horse at Israel’s Egyptian Event as well as the Bronze Champion Mare at the Israeli National Championships, and finally 2017 Gold Champion Mare and High-Scoring Horse at Israel’s Egyptian Event and again Bronze Champion Mare at the Israeli National Championships. Labibah started her own breeding career in 2017 by producing the super Egyptian-cross filly Lulu AA, sired by Marwan Al Shaqab (Gazal Al Shaqab x Little Liza Fame) in 2017. As a yearling Lulu was the Silver Champion Filly at Israel’s first Arabian Horse Festival, the Gold Champion Yearling Filly at the Galilee Arabian Horse Show and Bronze Champion Yearling
2021 Colt (Shanghai EA x Lulu AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
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Filly at the Israeli National Championships. In 2021 Lulu AA produced her first foal, an exciting Egyptiancross colt by Shanghai EA (WH Justice x Salymah EA). In 2018 Labibah was leased by Dana Al-Meslemani’s Al Thumama Stud of Qatar and campaigned on the European show circuit where she won the Gold Champion Mare and Best In Show titles at the Straight Egyptian International Show held in Bruges, Belgium and was also Bronze Champion Mare at the European Egyptian Event in Germany. She went on to win the title of Silver Champion Mare at the 2019 AHO World Cup held in Chantilly France. Latifah AA was twice bred to Ariela’s homebred international sire and Bronze World Champion Stallion Al Ayal AA (Al Ayad x The Vision HG) with great success. In 2013 she delivered the exotic bay colt, Lasani AA who was sold overseas. The next year she produced the grey filly Lalali Beirut AA who was sold locally and whose first foal, the grey 2018 filly Layali Sham AA, was sired by the farm’s homebred international sire Shams Sharav AA (Simeon Sharav x Saniyyah RCA).
In 2015 and 2016 Latifah herself was bred to Shams Sharav AA to produce two eye-catching full sisters. The first, Laneya AA is a striking flaxen chestnut bombshell who is proving to be a prolific broodmare. Laneya’s first foal was the 2019 filly Layan AA by Kenz al Baydaa ( Jamil Al Rayyan x Kareemah Saqr), who captured the Silver Champion Filly Foal medal at that year’s Israel Egyptian Event and will remain part of the Ariela herd. The following year she produced a full brother to the above called Luham AA. This year Laneya produced the very special grey filly Leen Al Jamal, sired through frozen semen technology by the late great Nader Al Jamal, who proved in the past to cross so beautifully with Latifah AA. Laneya is presently in foal to Al Ayal AA. Loheila AA, Latifah’s second foal by Shams Sharav was foaled in 2016 and has been sold; she is similar in quality and promise to Laneya but a classic grey. Latifah AA also produced a second foal in 2016, a colt sired by Muhsen Onallah’s Ariela-bred international sire Al Raheb AA (Laheeb x The Vision HG).
Laneya AA (Shams Sharav AA x Latifah AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
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photos by Mansour Habaka
Layan AA (Kenz Al Baydaa x Laneya AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
The exciting Kuwaiti international show champion Shamekh Al Danat (Ajmal el Kout x Ajmal Sherifa ex Ansata Sirius), bred and owned by Al Danat stud, carries a rare and valuable blending of classic Nagel and Ansata bloodlines and spent one season on lease to Ariela Arabians. Shamekh is the sire of Latifah AA’s youngest foal, a very exotic and charming grey 2018 filly with tremendous genetic potential, Lili AA, who has been sold to new owners. One can see that at 20 years young, Latifah AA has made her mark both in Israel and abroad and proven herself to be a consistent and valuable mare for the Ariela program; her influence can be likened to a silken golden thread running through several generations of that program, and in actuality she has quietly, even gently, created her very own mini-dynasty within that program. Throughout her lifetime, Latifah has been not just a valued member of the Ariela herd, but also a dear and cherished part of the (mostly) human family that oversees all that transpires at Ariela. She is especially loved for her faultless “bedouin tent” personality, her Leen Al Jamal (Nader Al Jamal x Laneya AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
innate gentleness, and her devoted attachment to the humans in her life — particularly to ten-year-old Daniel whose first introduction to the world of riding came under Latifah’s tutelage; for in addition to all of her other accomplishments, Latifah is a trusted mount and superlative riding mare. A true manifestation of her name and a living example of all the virtues prized in our noble and ancient desert breed, Latifah remains, most of all, an enduring mare of the heart. q BK Latif (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA)
photo by Antonia Bautista
photo by Antonia Bautista
Nader Al Jamal (Ansata Sinan x Savannah CC) photo by Shalomi Nissim
Leia AA (Nader Al Jamal x Latifah AA) photo by Bar Hajaj
Leran AA (Laheeb x Latifah AA)
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Sharjah
ARABIAN HORSE FESTIVAL Straight Egyptian n photos by SERC
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Sharjah ARABIAN HORSE FESTIVAL Straight Egyptian
Gold Fillies
D AMEEREYYA | DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Gold Medal
Gold Mares
D AFAF | DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Sharjah ARABIAN HORSE FESTIVAL Straight Egyptian
Gold Colts
D K’HAILAN | DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Gold Medal
Gold Stallions
D HAYDAR | DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Sharjah ARABIAN HORSE FESTIVAL Straight Egyptian
Silver Fillies
BASMAT AL E’ZZ | AL E’ZZ ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Silver Medal
Silver Mares
D OMNIA | DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Sharjah ARABIAN HORSE FESTIVAL Straight Egyptian
Silver Colts
D MEMZER | DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Silver Medal
Silver Stallions
RIEAN AL REMAS | ARKAN MALIK HAMMOOD AL KUBAISI
Sharjah ARABIAN HORSE FESTIVAL Straight Egyptian
Bronze Fillies
D AFAYET | DUBAI ARABIAN HORSE STUD
Bronze Colts
FARUND AL REMAS | ARKAN MALIK HAMMOOD AL KUBAISI
Bronze Medal
Bronze Mares
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